Bearing-cage



T. V. BUCKWALTER.

BEARING CAGE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1918.

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appiieation' ined July is,

T all whomjz't may' concern Be it known Athat l, Timor '-V. 'Buck- WALTER, a citizenv of the United States, re-

siding at Canton, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Bearing-Cage, of which the following is a 'lhis invention 1relates to anti-friction bearings and it comprises an improved cage made and assembled in the bearing by anv improved method,

Primary objects of the improvements are.

' to provide a cage that will conform better to the contour of the rollers with improved control thereof, permit the use o f an increased number of rollers under given Conditions, reduce the weight of the cage required for a givenuse, and reduce the number-of operations, together with the cost ofmanufacture.

ln the manufacturel of cages for cone bearings, as preferably practised, the operations comprise cutting .metal 'tubing of therequired character into tubular sections of the required length, die shaping the sections to the desired conical forms, perforating the conical blanks to provide, roughly, seats separated by bridges forthe rollers, and forming such bridges and seats approximately to the contur of and so as to control the rollers, the forming operations comprising not only the production of the desired contact surfaces but also thebending of the bridges to facilitate assembly of the parts if desired.

The operations may be varied as, for' insta-nce, by stamping blanks out of flat stock and pressing such blanks to conical form.

The characteristic features of my improvements are fully set forth in the following i description and the accompanyingdrawing in illustration thereof.

In the drawing, Figure l is a side view of a cylindrical section of tubing of the character required for making a cage; Fig. 2 is a disk cut from fiat stock from,which the cage may be pressed; Fig.v3 is a side elevation of a cage blank produced by shaping the sections shown in Fig. 1 or 2; Fig. 4 is a part sectional end view of the conical blank of Fig. 2 after perforation to produce roughly the seats and bridges for holding the rollers; Fig. 5 is a broken side elevation of the perforated cage shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a broken side elevation of a bearing i process of assembly with the bridges of the I Specification of Letters Patent. PatenfedNo'V-o L gge 1918'. Serial No.' 245,448.

cage pressed to form andbent outwardlyto facilitate the assembly of the parts; Fig. lis' a. broken side elevation of a finished bearing embodying my improvements; and Fig, 8 is a part sectional end. view taken onthe line The cylindrical blank of Fig-1 and iiat disk of Fig-2 are pressed by means of dies to produce the conical blank of Fig. 3,

andthe latter is perforated by punching tol produce the cage blank of Figs. 4 and gzcon-V to provide the bridges 3, as illustrated 'in' Figs. 6 .to 8 inclusive. These bridges 3 have respectively the concave conical surfaces 3? converging inwardly to the inner edges 3b wh1ch are projected or bowed inwardly by extrusion of the'metal, the outer surfaces 3 tion. The adjacent surfaces of adjacent bridges thus formed provide conical bearings conforming to the surfaces of the -respective rollers 4 to' be seated between them and to be limited in end movement by the continuous circular ends 5 and 5VEL of the cages which form the ends of the seats.

As illustrated in Fig. 6, in the assembly of the bearing, the bridges 3. may be bent outwardly and the rollers 4 entered in the seats formed thereby to "facilitate the entry'of the 4cone 6, the latter being provided at its larger end with the circular rib 6a for engaging the conical surfaces 4a at vthe larger ends of the rollers and at its smaller end with the concentric circular rib 6b for engaging the circular grooves or channels 4b in the smallerV ends of the rollers.

After the assemblage of theparts, the bridges 3 are 'bent inwardly so that their surfaces 3a. conform to the surfaces of the rollers with a working clearance of say .005" over the surfaces of the rollers and the latter being controlled thereby so as to maintain their correct working relations. It will be observed'that the control exercised upon the rollers is facilitated by the comparatively large arc of the curved surfaces of thebridges, such surfaces being pansion of the metal so that the outer surof. such ribs lbeing expanded by the opera= es l messes faces of'such ribs are spread-and the innerv 1.1 The combination with a set of rollers,v

of lan anti-friction bearing cage, adapted to be carried by said rollers, said cage hav# ing curved ends and connecting bridges providing roller seats, adgacent bridges hav- -ing curved bearing surfaces spaced at their l Ainner edges to permit conforming rollers to be'entered between them and between said ends and the respective bridges having narrow Inner edges permitting adyacent -rollers to approximate. without making con'-` tact.

2. ein anti-friction bearing cage having integrally 'formed ends and solid connecting bridges providing roller seats, adjacent bridges having curved bearing surfaces adapted to permit, conforming rollers to be entered between them and between said` ends, in combination with channeled rollers disposed 1n said seats and a. bearing element within the circle of 'said rollers and 'having a circular rib engaged in said to the curve concentric to said rings and lpassing through the axes'of..said rollers.

4 A solid'V and' jointless roller bearing cage provided.withv concentric end rings and connecting bridges vforming roller controlling seats, in combination with disposed in saidY seats, said bridges having respectively surfaces converging inwardly so as'to provide bearing surfaces vof substantial width for controlling said rollers andinner edges exterior to the curve pas, ing through the axes of said rollers, and a bearing element -within the circle of said rollers, said element having integral cir-1' cular ribs adapted for engaging said rollers.

5. A jointless, approximately conical pressed metall bearing cage provided with continuous cuived .ends and connecting bridges forming roller seats, each bridge having an expanded outer surface and conical surfaces converging' towardl the inner part thereof, said part extending inwardly beyond the coincident straight line joining the inner surfaces of saidends.

6, An approximately conical bearing cage provided with apertures separated by bridges, each bridge having an expanded outer surface and plain conical surfaces extending substantially the length thereof and converging toward an inwardly extended part thereof having an inwardly bowed edfe toprovide means for seating conical rollers.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my name this 15th day of July, 1918.

TRACY V. BUCIVALTER. 

